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Michelle Obama at virtual DNC: Vote 'like our lives depend on it'
Michelle Obama called Joe Biden a “profoundly decent man” who will “tell the truth and trust science" in her Monday night, August 17, 2020, convention speech, seeking to draw a sharp contrast between President Donald Trump and her husband’s two-term vice president.
bly get worse, trust me, they can.” Mrs. Obama emphasized the need for all Americans to vote, making reference to the voters who stayed home in 2016 and helped deliver Donald Trump the win that year, even as he lost the popular vote.
Mrs. Obama is warning Americans to “vote for Joe Biden like our lives depend She said, “We’ve on it” during her speech at all been suffering the the Democratic National consequences." Convention. In contrast, she described In remarks that capped Biden as a “profoundly deoff Monday night's event, cent man” who “knows what Mrs. Obama offered a sharp it takes to rescue an econorebuke of the Trump presi- my, beat back a pandemic dency, telling viewers that he and lead our country. “has had more than enough time to prove that he can do “He will make smart plans the job, but he is clearly in and manage a good team, over his head…He cannot and he will govern as somemeet this moment," she said. one who’s lived a life that the rest of us can recognize.” She added that “if you think things cannot possi-
It's part of what longtime adviser Valerie Jarrett said is a speech emphasizing Biden's competency and character in contrast to the Republican incumbent. “This election is very personal for her,” Jarrett told The Associated Press. “She's going to take this opportunity to speak about Vice President Biden in two ways: competency, which she had a chance to observe firsthand while he served as her husband's vice president,
Bronzeville Week ends with drive-in movie night
but also his pro- Wisconsin. foundly decent character.” Biden's sense of empathy was also a focus of Mrs. R e p u b l i c a n Obama's speech. Donald Trump succeeded DemTragedy has followed ocrat Obama in Biden, from the deaths of 2017 and prompt- his first wife and baby daughly set out to undo ter after he was elected to the many of Obama's U.S. Senate in 1972, to the achievements on death of his son Beau from health care, the brain cancer in 2015. environment and foreign policy, Mrs. Obama, who leads an among others. effort to help register people Trump also routinely criticiz- to vote, also spoke about the es Obama's job performance. importance of voting in the Nov. 3 election, which will On Monday, Trump took a take place amid a coronavidig at the former first lady's rus pandemic that has killed speech, noting that her re- more than 170,000 Amerimarks were prerecorded and cans and infected more than that his own speech at the 5 million in the U.S. Republican National Convention next week will be Her remarks come as debate live. rages in Washington about U.S. Postal Service changes “Who wants to listen to that are delaying mail deliverMichelle Obama do a taped ies around the country. speech?” he said at a rally in (Continued on pg. 2)
Despite COVID-19 a summer tradition still lives on
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The 2020 Bronzeville Week concluded on Saturday, August 8, 2020, with a drive-in movie double feature for the whole family. The drive-in took place at Milwaukee Health Services, Inc., 2555 N. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive. The first feature was "The Wiz," and the second feature was "Barbershop." Prior to the start of "Barbershop" there was a community conversation featuring State Representative Kalan Haywood, Nicole Robbins - Executive Director, Martin Luther King Economic Development Corporation, Neil Kelly - Master Barber, Gee’s Clippers Barber & Beauty Salon, Minister Kelly and Tokara Bijou Henson - Owner of Bijou Nails & Company, and Alderwoman Milele A. Coggs. An NCON Communications Publication
Despite the pandemic closing up restaurants, some kids are still exercising their entrepreneurial skills over the summer tradition by running their own lemonade stand. This stand is run by Sakajha Smiley and her 4 year-old daughter, Royah. The mother and daughter team sold lemonade and snacks out of this stand they built together, located in front of the Lisbon Terrace Apartments, near 27th and Lisbon. To observe safety guidelines they offered curb-side service, and utilized face masks and gloves to serve.
Good Luck and Have a Happy Summer, Sakajha and Royah! www.milwaukeetimesnews.com